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Steven Sampson

Steven Sampson

Professor emeritus

Steven Sampson

Trouble Spots: Projects, Bandits and State Fragmentation

Author

  • Steven Sampson

Editor

  • Jonathan Friedman

Summary, in English

This article discusses new configurations of power when global forces interact with local societies in transition. In particular, it deals with the project society of humanitarian aid, and the warlord/mafia formations beyond the reach of the new states. Examples come from the Balkans, where there is interaction between the new class of project elites managing foreign assistance, the local political elites, and the local warlords/bandits. Globalization is not weakening these states, it is constituting them.

Department/s

  • Social Anthropology

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

309-342

Publication/Series

Globalization, the State and Violence

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

AltaMira Press

Topic

  • Social Anthropology

Keywords

  • mafia
  • globalization
  • civil society
  • social anthropology
  • state formation
  • project society
  • NGOs
  • Balkans

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 0759102813